Homeopathy in the Philippines

by Felicity Nutting

Poverty
rules the lives of a small village on the side of Mt Mayon, an active volcano
in the Philippines. As “chance” would have it an Australian man
has set up a charity to help the people of this remote community. They live in
primitive conditions with open fires for cooking, squat toilets, and pump water
for their daily needs.

The
Charity founder is one of my patients, here in Australia, who has personally felt
the benefits of homoeopathy. He invited
me to go and treat these people and I am about to return for my 6th
trip in just over a year.

The
simplicity of case taking and the speed of cure can be seen in the following
cases. I believe that treating those living in third world countries is like
going back to the times of the Old Masters, where the obstacles to cure were
not as strong. My interpreter Sarah and I
limit ourselves to 22 patients a day.

CASE 1

Jo
Jo had lost his brother 2 weeks previously from tuberculosis (TB). His mother died from TB when he was a
teenager. This young man presented with
extreme weight loss, as well as loss of appetite, high
fever with saturating night sweats, and yellow green phlegm, which is difficult
to cough up. He had pain in his stomach, green diarrhoea, and he vomited mucous
in the morning. I treated him initially
with Ignatia 1M and Arsenicum album 30 in liquid dose to use when his breathing
was difficult, and asked him to see me the next day. He did not turn up so we
walked to his home.

When
we arrived late morning, he was too weak to walk to see me - a 2 minute
walk. At this stage, the amount of mucus
that he vomited in the morning was reduced, sputum was slightly less, and
he had a non-productive dry cough, which was wet in the morning. He had a
slight return of appetite, the fever had gone, and he was now breathing
better. He was still unable to sleep and
had profuse perspiration and loose stools. He was, however, starting to feel
better. I gave him Tuberculinum 30 and
he was still taking the Arsenicum 30 in liquid, as needed.

The
following morning, he came with his x-rays. The results were active TB, pneumonia, and calcification all through his
lungs. When I examined him, his
breathing was easier, no vomiting, no sweat or fever, and he had an
appetite.

My
first visit was on the 30th May 2010, and on my last visit, in
November 2010, he had no further problems with his lungs, he was putting on
weight, and looking for work. He asked for more Arsenicum 30, as it immediately
clears his lungs.

CASE 2

Mariel
is a young woman who had developed an infected finger, which was black and
ulcerated. She is using a cream that is suppressing the suppuration; I asked
her to stop using
the cream. There is little pain and only a slight itch. When she stands, she
has vertigo with the room spinning around her.

I
had given her a few pills of Arsenicum album 30C and Calendula mother tincture
to bathe her finger. This was the result
4 days later: the ulcers that were forming did not eventuate and had disappeared. A discharge started and the skin that was
becoming purple stopped doing so. The vertigo disappeared.

These
are the follow-up photos 12 weeks later. Once again, proper management could have given her back full movement
but we are only there for 2 weeks then gone for 6 weeks or more. With
correct physio there was a chance this woman’s finger could have returned to
normal. Without homoeopathy, I believe she would have lost her finger, as
further ulceration was apparent.

CASE 3

Ludivico
is a man in his early thirties, who was diagnosed with diabetes and advised to
have his foot amputated. He told me that he was born with 2 feet and that he would
die with 2 feet. He had no symptoms of diabetes. He stands in water that is contaminated
with buffalo manure and has no sterile water or bandaging. All through his treatment, his external
conditions remained the same. He
presented with his left foot badly swollen, painful, and infected. He covered
it with local herbs, which slowed down the infection but did not improve the
wound. He could only sit, since walking
was extremely painful.

He
returned 3 days later, after taking Calendula 200C twice. We told him to keep
the wound moist with Calendula mother tincture, as often as he could. He stopped using the herbs and the swelling
had reduced and he proudly hobbled around, bearing weight on his foot.

5
weeks later, he had run out of calendula pills but was still bathing with the
mother tincture. The swelling has gone, the wound is smaller and the pain has
greatly reduced.

CASE 4

Monica
is 71 years old and has had a stroke one month ago. When she came to us, she
had to use the walls for support while walking. She is weak, dizzy, and has double vision. When she walks, she feels as though she is
going to fall over, her eyes weep all the time. Her feet are numb, she has constant pain in her shoulders, and numbness
in her right arm and both legs. When she
walks, she can only shuffle. We tried Arnica, then Phosphorous
with no benefit. One dose of Nux Vomica 30C cleared the vision within minutes,
the strength and movement improved before our eyes. Her eyes still wept. We changed the medicine to Conium 30, 6 weeks
later, which gave more strength to her arms and legs.

Now,
4 months later, her right arm is good, the numbness
in her feet is gone, she freely walks around the village with no limp or
shuffle, her thinking is clearer. Her eyes still weep and are blurry, which are
the only remaining symptoms. Great improvement from being house-bound to becoming
an active member of the community.

CASE 5

The
first time we saw Rowena was on the 9th of October, 2010. She was unable to sit in her mother’s lap due
to loss of strength; if the mother let her go she would slide to the
floor. She has a hereditary disease,
which her sister suffered from but was cured by conventional medicine.
Unfortunately, Rowena did not respond to conventional treatment. It is
obviously a disease of the central nervous system, as the weakness increased until
she could no longer walk or hold her head up. She can raise her arm to give you a ‘high five’
and she can partially lift her head, but it flops down again.

I
gave her Phosphorus 30 in dilution to take weekly for 6 weeks until I returned;
the Phosphorus also matched her vibrant happy nature. I increased Phosphorus to 200 and eventually
to 10M. She can now walk a dozen steps
unaided, not with a lot of control but she is strong enough to walk. She can
walk around the house holding onto the walls, she can sit in a chair unaided,
hold her head up by herself and is starting to feed herself. She can now play
with her sisters on the floor and is much stronger in every area of her body.

CASE 6

Azia
is 21 years old and has come with a mammary gland abscess on the right
breast. This is her second pregnancy and
the first child is 6 weeks old. She
walked in holding her right shoulder 6 inches higher than her left due to the
pain; any movement, even breathing, increased her pain. The right breast was three times the size of
the left breast and there was an open wound half the size of the breast. There
was little discharge, just a burning, sore pain. I gave her Bryonia 30C and advised her to
expect a discharge later that night. Within a minute. her breathing eased and the breast started to discharge
green pus; it was literally dripping from the breast and she was pain
free. If I had not seen it with my own
eyes, I never would have believed this was possible. As long as she repeated the Bryonia, the pain
eased and disappeared. She was told to
keep the wound moist with Calendula mother tincture, as often as she could.

I
saw her the following day and we talked a little about her life. Her mother had
died when she was 7. Her father remarried and Azia said that no one could
replace her mother. I believe this was the causation for the abscess, just as
she was about to become a mother again. Natrum muriaticum 1M helped the healing.

4
days later, we took the first photo and instead of pus dripping it was milk. You can
clearly see the milk in the photo. Here again, there is no sterile water for
bathing, no bandaging, just calendula mother tincture. We
now changed the medicine to Calendula 200C every other day, three doses. The first dose of Calendula reduced the pain
immediately.

I
wonder if we might have been able to reduce the scarring had we stayed and
continued the treatment. We first saw her on January 20th; the second
photo was taken by my interpreter on April 15th. She had only had the few pills of Bryonia, Calendula,
and Nat-mur, as well as the mother tincture.

CASE 7

Demarie,
aged 12. Her
complaint was an enlargement of the heart. There was a family history of heart
problems, with an aunt also suffering from this complaint. She had a constant
sniffle and sore throat. She fainted easily from loud noises, fright or
exertion. When she arrived, she was a sullen
little girl. She could not walk anywhere
or play with her friends, as she tired easily. She often missed school as it was too much for her.

With Syphillinum 1M the sniffle disappeared
within minutes; her colour and breathing also improved.

Four
months later, a bright, happy child came for a cold after getting wet. I did
not realise she was the same child. She has no problems with her heart, she has
the same energy as any child of her age; she no longer faints and does not have
the constant sniffle.

Three
and a half months later, she is still thriving. She is the brightest girl in
her school and has been given a sponsorship for high school. This child has a
wonderful future, whereas before homoeopathic treatment, she had no quality of
life and no chance of a job, as she would never have finished school.

Thank you - very impressive and inspiring. Homeopathic prescription doesn't need to be complicated to catalyse profound healing. The scepticism we are battered with is incomprehensible in the light of this sort of real-world work producing such life-changing results for people!

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amazingReply #2 on : Thu May 05, 2011, 05:32:08

nice work. that looks amazing! Can I help?! I love the warm climates and island countries!

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Homeopathy is the gift of GODReply #1 on : Wed May 04, 2011, 21:16:15

Dear Felicity,

Thank you for publishing this article. It was very inspiring and informative. Informative because it outlined the line of treatment and listed the exact remedies that were used.

Inspiring because when a small step is taken in a positive direction we immediately see the benefits. Inspiring also because someone took the positive step to implement their vision.

Homeopathy, I always have believed is the solution for treating 80% of the common problems that most women, children and men experience, especially in the poor countries like India, Philippines etc.

They cost of stocking and dispensing homeopathic remedies is very little, but the effects are almost immediate (when the right remedy is selected) and can save thousands of human lives, or at least reduce or eliminate human suffering.

It helps put lives back on track. In small communities diseases like TB or ulcerated limbs can put the bread winner immediately out of work.

This puts the entire family at risk, as they now have a sick patient on hand with no medical backup and on top of that the family bread winner is out of action.

I would like to thank you once again and the gentleman in Australia who helped setup this facility in Philippines.

I would like to get in touch with this person in Australia. I am also an Australian citizen and live in Bendigo near Melbourne.

I have some similar ideas on helping teachers and children in the schools. This Australian gentleman can contact me via the email address I have provided.